Earlier tonight terrible news struck the mixed martial arts world when ESPN reported that Max Holloway had been forced out of his scheduled UFC 226 title fight with Brian Ortega.
“Blessed” has since been hospitalized this after suffering from concussion-like symptoms.
The UFC is now actively searching for a short-notice replacement for Brian Ortega, but no opponent has been named as of this time.
Following the shocking news of Max Holloway’s UFC 226 removal, a video from Blessed’s recent interview on UFC Tonight began making waves amongst the MMA Community.
In the video below, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping calls out the current featherweight title holder for “looking a little sleepy”.
https://twitter.com/JustBleedMMA/status/1014708930545504256
Concussions are a very serious matter and as someone who is well aware of the dangers Michael Bisping sent his best wishes to the current UFC featherweight champion.
As someone who knows the dangers of this sport very well, my thoughts and well wishes are with @BlessedMMA and his family. Hopefully this passes quickly and we get to see him doing what he does best very soon.
— michael (@bisping) July 5, 2018
The recently-retired Michael Bisping later responded to a fan saying he simply could not ignore the symptoms Max was showing during their interview on UFC Tonight.
I couldn’t ignore it. https://t.co/1tr0iGfrdP
— michael (@bisping) July 5, 2018
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